John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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• The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Women
  • Economy
  • Cards

• The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Family
  • Money
  • Bad

• You're never going to hear me say, 'Well, I've been critical of Obama five times, so now I need to be critical of McCain five times.' That is a false equivalence, and that's what I think is wrong with journalism.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Think
  • Me
  • Journalism

• In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

  

  Yasser Arafat
  • Sometimes
  • Goal
  • Grit

• Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Men
  • Three
  • Lady

• Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Up
  • Good
  • Family

• When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • People
  • Up
  • Weird

• I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Stop
  • Myself
  • Better

• I always had this New York fantasy of living in a glass high-rise.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • High
  • Always
  • New York

• Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Going
  • Hip Hop
  • Bear

• Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Life
  • Real
  • Wisdom

• I learned what looked good on my petite frame, and to this day, I'm a great bargain shopper.

  

  Natalie Morales
  • Good
  • Great
  • Day

• In antiquity, a woman might be an object of worship or desire, but never of love.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Love
  • Desire
  • Woman

• If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Help
  • Reading
  • Habit

• Today we're going to try and say his name...OH! OHHH! Can you even say a part of his name-OH! OHHH!'

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Today

• You would think that pot had some kind of power; I mean come on, it’s a plant, not a reason for living. Controlled by a plant, how hilarious. A plant! A fucking plant!

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Power
  • Plant
  • Hilarious

• I live,But live to die: and, living, see no thingTo make death hateful, save an innate clinging,A loathsome and yet all invincibleInstinct of life, which I abhor, as IDespise myself, yet cannot overcome-And so I live. Would I had never lived!

  

  Lord Byron
  • Life
  • Live
  • Death

• Then I remembered the first lesson God had set me: 'Learn what dwells in man.' And I understood that in man dwells Love! I was glad that God had already begun to show me what He had promised, and I smiled for the first time.

  

  Leo Tolstoy
  • Time
  • God

• What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

  

  Kenny Dalglish

• I headed over the river to the address listed on Mr Wilkinson's driving licence to see whether there was anyone who loved him enough to kill him.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Kill
  • Address
  • Licence

• I never meant to be but a dreamer.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Dreamer

• Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation; but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.

  

  Charles Darwin
  • Real
  • Curiosity

• Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

  

  John Kenneth Galbraith